Consistent high prevalence of undiagnosed blood-borne virus infection in patients attending large urban emergency departments in England.
Adult
Blood-Borne Infections
/ diagnosis
Emergency Service, Hospital
/ statistics & numerical data
England
/ epidemiology
Female
Hospitals, Urban
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Undiagnosed Diseases
/ epidemiology
Virus Diseases
/ diagnosis
emergency department
hepatitis B virus
hepatitis C virus
high prevalence
screening
Journal
Journal of viral hepatitis
ISSN: 1365-2893
Titre abrégé: J Viral Hepat
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9435672
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2020
01 2020
Historique:
received:
24
02
2019
revised:
22
07
2019
accepted:
29
07
2019
pubmed:
27
8
2019
medline:
23
3
2021
entrez:
27
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Understanding local viral hepatitis and HIV epidemiology is essential if WHO elimination targets are to be achieved. We demonstrate a consistently high prevalence of undiagnosed active infection in urban emergency department attendees in England, with variations in local risk groups crucial to informing targeted testing initiatives.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31448490
doi: 10.1111/jvh.13197
pmc: PMC6972612
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
88-91Informations de copyright
© The Authors. Journal of Viral Hepatitis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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